An Apology for the Life of George Anne Bellamy, Late of Covent-Garden Theatre, Volumen5author, and sold, 1786 |
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... should forfeit the penalty of my arti- cles , by not being at Dublin in time , I fet off for Holyhead . As I travelled by myself , I had leisure to indulge my melancholy . I could not even help envying the happiness of my fervants , in ...
... should forfeit the penalty of my arti- cles , by not being at Dublin in time , I fet off for Holyhead . As I travelled by myself , I had leisure to indulge my melancholy . I could not even help envying the happiness of my fervants , in ...
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... should have chofen . They alfo carried their inveteracy fo far , as to engage a perfon who wrote for bread , and is a difgrace to the navy , to fcandalize me in a fcurrilous publi cation , not unlike Bellmen's Verses . In travelling to ...
... should have chofen . They alfo carried their inveteracy fo far , as to engage a perfon who wrote for bread , and is a difgrace to the navy , to fcandalize me in a fcurrilous publi cation , not unlike Bellmen's Verses . In travelling to ...
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... should have the money , if he would go to the theatre , and that I would likewife make him a handfome pre- fent for the permiffion . But this he would not confent to do ; as , he faid , he had particular orders from the plaintiff to the ...
... should have the money , if he would go to the theatre , and that I would likewife make him a handfome pre- fent for the permiffion . But this he would not confent to do ; as , he faid , he had particular orders from the plaintiff to the ...
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... should thus betray her ignorance , inftantly broke out into the following polite and fenfible exclamation ? " O ! what an infernal limb of an actress will you meke ! What , not " know the meaning of prentice ? Why , prentice , " Ma'am ...
... should thus betray her ignorance , inftantly broke out into the following polite and fenfible exclamation ? " O ! what an infernal limb of an actress will you meke ! What , not " know the meaning of prentice ? Why , prentice , " Ma'am ...
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... should not be able to continue in London , fhould he break that engagement . Befides , it was natural for him to conclude , that the depofit was conditionally lodged with my mother , the nature of our attach- ment being unknown . All ...
... should not be able to continue in London , fhould he break that engagement . Befides , it was natural for him to conclude , that the depofit was conditionally lodged with my mother , the nature of our attach- ment being unknown . All ...
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